Son of radio commentator shot dead

CEBU, Philippines – A 43-year-old son of a radio commentator, while on a pedicab in sitio San Rafael, barangay Tangke, Talisay City, was shot dead yesterday morning by a still unidentified man.

Neilman Aton, a resident of 77 Bliss, Labangon, Cebu City, who drives a taxi for a living, succumbed to six gunshot wounds.

Aton is son of Mike Aton, a member of Sugboanong Komentarista nga Nagpakabana (SUKNA).

PO1 Rosauro Pasumala, one of the investigators, said Aton was on his way to the garage of Spider Taxi in barangay Tangke when an unidentified man came from nowhere and sprayed a barrage of bullets on him.

The gunman ran to a nearby bridge where he disappeared.

Police as of yesterday afternoon was still clueless as to the motive of the crime, but Superintendent Henry Biñas, chief of the Talisay City Police Station, said they are looking at the angle that the victim might have a conflict with his assailant.

As of yesterday, investigation of the incident was still on going.

Aton's body is set to be autopsied to find out what caliber was used in the shooting.

Pasumala said that based on initial investigation, Aton rarely went to his house in Labangon.

Meanwhile, his older brother SPO4 Jack Aton of the Mabolo Police Station said the victim was already living in Talisay City hence he wasn't usually seen in their house in Cebu Ctiy. (FREEMAN)